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Morgan Babst reads and signs THE FLOATING WORLD, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-82\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-85\">\n<li id=\"u321249-84\">Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-88\">Red Oak<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-93\">\n<li id=\"u321249-92\">Oaks Fellowship Church, Candace Payne discusses Laugh It Up, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-95\">Monday, November 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-97\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-106\">\n<li id=\"u321249-99\">BookPeople, ERYK PRUITT speaking and signing What We Reckon, MIKE McCRARY speaking and signing Steady Trouble, and RICK OLLERMAN speaking &#038; signing Hardboiled, Noir, and Gold Medals, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-101\">BookPeople, SCBWI Austin Workshop: &#8220;Read it Again: The Art of Writing Picture Books&#8221; with Lesl\u00e9a Newman, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-103\">UT Joynes Reading Room, Fiona McFarlane reads and signs The High Places, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-105\">Waterloo Records, Donna Marie Miller and James White sign The Broken Spoke: Austin&#8217;s Legendary Honky\u2013Tonk, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-109\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-120\">\n<li id=\"u321249-111\">Half Price Books Mothership, stand\u2013up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality Rickey Smiley will sign his new book, Stand By Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life!, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-113\">Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries present astronaut Scott Kelly and ENDURANCE: A Year In Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-115\">Interabang Books, Deb Perelman discusses and signs SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERY DAY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-117\">Souk Mediterranean Bistro &#038; Bar, Meredith Hindley discusses and signs Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in WW II, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-119\">The Wild Detectives, Former Dallas Morning News Food Editor Dotty Griffith gives a preview of The Texas Holiday Cookbook, with tastings of her highly acclaimed recipes, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-123\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-138\">\n<li id=\"u321249-125\">Congregation Emanu El, ACLU executive director Anthony Romero will speak at The Progressive Forum, followed by a signing of In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror, 7:30PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-127\">Lucille\u2019s, Inprint Houston hosts a fundraiser happy hour with Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author Jennifer Egan and New York Times bestselling\u2013author Claire Messud, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-129\">Murder By the Book, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor will sign and discuss It Devours! A Welcome to Night Vale Novel, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-131\">Rothko Chapel, \u201cDouble Jeopardy: Women and the Criminal Justice System\u201d conversation with author Julie Bindel, featuring program presenter, Dr. Andrea Link, followed by book signing, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-133\">St. Martin&#8217;s Episcopal Church, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush will discuss their new book SISTERS FIRST: STORIES FROM OUR WILD AND WONDERFUL LIFE, 7PM [sold out]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-135\">Stude Concert Hall, Inprint Houston&#8217;s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series hosts Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author Jennifer Egan reading from Manhattan Beach, and New York Times bestselling\u2013author Claire Messud reading from The Burning Girl, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-137\">Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI Conference Recap Panel Discussion, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-141\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-144\">\n<li id=\"u321249-143\">East Irving Library, Babymouse &#038; Squish Party with author Matthew Holm, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-147\">Schulenburg<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-150\">\n<li id=\"u321249-149\">Blinn College, Annette McGivney discusses and signs Pure Land, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-153\">Seabrook<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-156\">\n<li id=\"u321249-155\">Harris County Public Library \u2013 Evelyn Meador Branch, BJ Prior, author of Behind My Wings: Untold Stories of Vietnam Vets, will discuss her experiences as a flight attendant during the Vietnam War, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-159\">Tuesday, November 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-161\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-172\">\n<li id=\"u321249-163\">BookPeople, Illustrator Spotlight Story Time with special guest Misha Blaise, whose work appears in This is Texas, Y&#8217;all!: The Lone Star State from A to Z, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-165\">BookPeople, Deb Perelman speaking &#038; signing Smitten Kitchen Every Day, 7PM [voucher required]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-167\">Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series with Annette McGivney, author of Pure Land, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-169\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring RJ Wright w\/Peter Nevland &#038; SC Says, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-171\">UT Fine Arts Library, Experiencing Artists&#8217; Books: a dialogue between local artists and bookmakers including Jason Urban, Artist and Studio Art Faculty, Lindsay Starr from Cattywampus Press, and Claudia Zapata of Puro Ching\u00f3n Collective, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-175\">Bryan<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-178\">\n<li id=\"u321249-177\">SEAD Gallery &#038; Bookshop, NYC\u2013 based non\u2013profit Beauty for Freedom (BFF) present Illuminate, hosted by BFF Executive Director Monica Watkins and Co\u2013Founder Jerry Chu in support of survivors of human trafficking and at\u2013risk youth, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-181\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-192\">\n<li id=\"u321249-183\">B&#038;N \u2013 Lincoln Park, Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition book signing with Kate Hudson, 7PM [wristbanded event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-185\">CBS Radio Performance Showroom, Bob Schieffer discusses and signs Overload: Finding the Truth in Today&#8217;s Deluge of News, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-187\">Interabang Books, Lisa Fain discusses and signs QUESO!, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-189\">Temple Emanu\u2013El, Maggie Anton reading and signing Rashi&#8217;s Daughters, 7P<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-191\">The Wild Detectives, Dr. Cristina Rivera Garza reads and signs The Iliac Crest, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-195\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-198\">\n<li id=\"u321249-197\">Blackbird Cantina, Cinco Puntos Press&#8217; Mama Bravo\u2019s Book Club &#038; Social Hour hosts Eileen Myles reading and signing Afterglow: A Dog Memoir, TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-201\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-208\">\n<li id=\"u321249-203\">Brazos Bookstore, Mary Lindsey reading and signing HAVEN, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-205\">Fairbanks Branch Library, Vietnam War veteran Dr. Samuel Axelrad discusses and signs Peaceful Bones, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-207\">Murder By the Book, Eryk Pruitt will sign and discuss What We Reckon, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-211\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-214\">\n<li id=\"u321249-213\">Wagner\u2013No\u00ebl Performing Arts Center, An evening with humor writer David Sedaris, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-217\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-220\">\n<li id=\"u321249-219\">B&#038;N \u2013 Legacy West, Urban Cowgirl book signing with Sarah Penrod, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-223\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-230\">\n<li id=\"u321249-225\">The Korova, Puroslam: &#8220;Still Not My President: The Resist Trump Slam&#8221;, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-229\">The Twig Book Shop, David Scheiding discusses and signs Hank: &#8220;An Angel Dog&#8221;, 5PM<br \/><span id=\"u321253\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/david-scheiding-hank-angel-dog\"  id=\"u321254\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20110717.jpg\"  id=\"u321254_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-233\">Wednesday, November 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-235\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-240\">\n<li id=\"u321249-237\">BookWoman, Pure Land: A Reading and SAFE Fundraiser with Annette McGivney, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-239\">Malvern Books, launch of two new books: Boyd Taylor\u2019s Necessities, the fourth novel in the Donnie Ray Cuinn Series, and William Darling\u2019s Anahuac, the second book in the Jim Ward series, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-243\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-248\">\n<li id=\"u321249-245\">Half Price Books Mothership, Kate Winkler Dawson will discuss and sign her true crime book, Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-247\">The Wild Detectives, Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses and signs All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-251\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-262\">\n<li id=\"u321249-253\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-255\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Deb Perelman will sign her newest cookbook SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERY DAY: TRIUMPHANT AND UNFUSSY NEW FAVORITES, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-257\">Brazos Bookstore, Justin Spring discusses and signs THE GOURMAND\u2019S WAY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-259\">Houston Chronicle offices, Houston Public Library quarterly reading series hosts bestselling local author Chitra Divakaruni discussing Before We Visit the Goddess, in conversation with the Chronicle&#8217;s Lisa Gray, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-261\">River Oaks Bookstore, NYC\u2013 based non\u2013profit Beauty for Freedom (BFF) present Illuminate, hosted by BFF Executive Director Monica Watkins and Co\u2013Founder Jerry Chu in support of survivors of human trafficking and at\u2013risk youth, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-265\">Nacogdoches<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-268\">\n<li id=\"u321249-267\">The Bosslight, Eryk Pruitt signs What We Reckon, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-271\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-274\">\n<li id=\"u321249-273\">B&#038;N \u2013 Legacy West, Sawbones book signing with Melissa Lenhardt, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-279\">San Antonio<br \/><span id=\"u321256\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/evening-publishers\"  id=\"u321257\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20110817.jpg\"  id=\"u321257_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-282\">\n<li id=\"u321249-281\">The Twig Book Shop, an evening with publishers from Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Trinity University Press, and University of Texas Press to highlight hot titles for this holiday season, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-285\">Thursday, November 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-287\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-296\">\n<li id=\"u321249-289\">BookPeople, JULI BERWALD speaking &amp; signing Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-291\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring J. Scott Brownlee, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-293\">Malvern Books, launch of the graphic novel I, Parrot by Deb Olin Unferth, with illustrations by artist Elizabeth Haidle (in conversation with award\u2013winning writer Mary Helen Specht), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-295\">The Writing Barn, Literary Page Turner Lecture with faculty author Katie Bayerl and agent Emmanuelle Morgen, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-299\">Bryan<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-302\">\n<li id=\"u321249-301\">SEAD Gallery &#038; Bookshop, Ron Newton discusses and signs his memoir, Light of her Children, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-305\">Canyon<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-308\">\n<li id=\"u321249-307\">West Texas A&#038;M, Lecture by Dr. Chris Kopff, author of The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-311\">Conroe<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-314\">\n<li id=\"u321249-313\">Lone Star College \u2013 Montgomery, Writers in Performance Series hosts poet Elyse Fenton, author of Sweet Insurgent, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-317\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-328\">\n<li id=\"u321249-319\">Communities Foundation of Texas, Upstander Speaker Series: Dr. Samantha Nutt will discuss and sign Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-321\">Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society presents Preservation Houston\u2019s Jim Parsons and David Bush as they discuss and sign their latest book, Dallas\u2013Fort Worth Deco, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-323\">Perkins School of Theology, &#8220;Excavate, Energize, Equalize: PropellingAmerican Women in Thought and Deed&#8221; series hosts ProfessorMarjorie Spruill, author of Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women\u2019s Rights and Family ValuesThat Polarized American Politics, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-325\">Salum Restaurant, dinner, discussion, and book signing with Justin Spring, author of The Gourmands\u2019 Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-327\">The Wild Detectives, Noir at the Bar: seven of Texas\u2019 grittiest noir authors mingle, sign books, and read tales from their darker sides, featuring Harry Hunsicker, Mike McCrary, Max Booth III, Kathleen Kent, Eryk Pruitt, J Suzanne Frank, and Michael Pool, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-331\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-342\">\n<li id=\"u321249-333\">Brazos Bookstore, David Abrams reads and signs BRAVE DEEDS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-335\">MATCH Houston, Jennifer Ackerman, author of THE GENIUS OF BIRDS, will speak at an event for the Houston Audubon Society, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-337\">Museum of Fine Arts, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Krista Thompson, author of Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-339\">Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH Writing Series: Poetry in Photography led by Marlon Lizama, poet and performance artist with Iconoclast Artists, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-341\">River Oaks Bookstore, Elliott BJ Prior discusses and signs Behind My Wings: Untold Stories of Vietnam Vets, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-347\">San Antonio<br \/><span id=\"u321259\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/robert-willingham-deadly-trust-mysterious-disappearance-nelms-sisters\"  id=\"u321260\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20110917.jpg\"  id=\"u321260_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-350\">\n<li id=\"u321249-349\">The Twig Book Shop, Robert Willingham reads and signs Deadly Trust: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Nelms Sisters, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-353\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-356\">\n<li id=\"u321249-355\">B&#038;N \u2013 First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-359\">Friday, November 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-361\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-368\">\n<li id=\"u321249-363\">BookPeople, Meredith Lee speaking and signing Shrouded, and Monica Shaw speaking\u00a0 signing The Rainwater Secret, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-365\">Malvern Books, launch of Meg Freitag\u2019s debut poetry collection, Edith (with Taisia Kitaiskaia and Blake Lee Pate), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-367\">Texas Federation of Women&#8217;s Clubs Mansion, Literacy Coalition Of Central Texas presents Reading Between The Wines annual fundraiser, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-371\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-376\">\n<li id=\"u321249-373\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Slam presents The GNO Show with Godj Boladi, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-375\">Interabang Books, David Abrams reads and signs BRAVE DEEDS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-379\">Georgetown<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-382\">\n<li id=\"u321249-381\">Southwestern University, First Annual Poetry Slam &#038; Spoken Word, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-385\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-390\">\n<li id=\"u321249-387\">Brazos Bookstore, Jared Yates Sexton discusses and signs THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RISE LIKE WATERS UPON YOUR SHORE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-389\">Murder By the Book, Kate Winkler Dawson will sign and discuss Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-393\">Huntsville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-396\">\n<li id=\"u321249-395\">Sam Houston State University, Robert Bunch discusses and signs The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-399\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-408\">\n<li id=\"u321249-403\">San Antonio Country Club, Lewis Fisher will speak and sign Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend, 12PM<br \/><span id=\"u321262\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/edna-campos-gravenhorst-san-antonios-historic-market-square-images-america\"  id=\"u321263\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20111017.jpg\"  id=\"u321263_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-405\">The Twig Book Shop, Edna Campos Gravenhorst discusses and signs San Antonio&#8217;s Historic Market Square (Images of America), 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-407\">Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink readings by Charles Darnell, Jim LaVilla\u2013Havelin, and Jo Reyes\u2013Boitel, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-411\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-414\">\n<li id=\"u321249-413\">B&#038;N \u2013 Baybrook II, Col. Michael Tarvin signing Light in the Midst of Darkness, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-417\">Saturday, November 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-419\">Alpine<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-422\">\n<li id=\"u321249-421\">Alpine Public Library, Writers&#8217; League of Texas presents Texas Writes workshops with Meg Gardiner and Donna M. Johnson, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-425\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-428\">\n<li id=\"u321249-427\">Half Price Books \u2013 South, local author Brian Eligapos will sell and sign his novel Marshmallows and Gummy Bears, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-431\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-442\">\n<li id=\"u321249-433\">Apanas Coffee &#038; Beer, NeoSoul Poetry Slam Hosted by SlamMaster Christopher Michael, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-435\">Austin Community College \u2013 Highland, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Plotting Your Book with Scenes and Narrative Arcs&#8221; with Stuart Horwitz, 9AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-437\">BookPeople, HOLLY CASTILLO speaking &#038; signing Texas Christmas, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-439\">BookPeople, MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI speaking &#038; signing The Familiar: Volume 5, 6PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-441\">The Writing Barn, Literary Page Turner Lecture with faculty author Katie Bayerl and agent Emmanuelle Morgen, 9:15AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-445\">Boerne<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-448\">\n<li id=\"u321249-447\">Patrick Heath Public Library, Veterans Day book signing with WWI author Michael P. Kihntopf, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-451\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-454\">\n<li id=\"u321249-453\">Deep Vellum Books, Pandora&#8217;s Box Poetry Collective featuring Mike Soto, Tom\u00e1s Q. Mor\u00edn, and Alex Lemon, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-457\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-462\">\n<li id=\"u321249-459\">El Paso Public Library \u2013 Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;Veterans and the Arts&#8221; with Bill Sparks, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-461\">Literarity Book Shop, retired UTEP professor Kathleen Staudt discusses and signs her latest book, Border Politics in a Global Era: Comparative Perspectives, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-465\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-468\">\n<li id=\"u321249-467\">Galveston Bookshop, Joy Jones and Jim Nelson signing Billy Love: A Pebble in the Galveston Sand, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-471\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-484\">\n<li id=\"u321249-473\">B&#038;N \u2013 River Oaks, Dr. Samuel Axelrad signing Peaceful Bones, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-475\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Mary Lindsey will discuss and sign her new novel, HAVEN, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-477\">Half Price Books \u2013 Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-479\">Murder By the Book, Alexander McCall Smith signs The House of Unexpected Sisters, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-481\">Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Alexander McCall Smith reading THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS: NO. 1 LADIES\u2019 DETECTIVE AGENCY, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-483\">River Oaks Bookstore, Tim Ewell discusses and signs Triumph: Living Inside Out, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-487\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-490\">\n<li id=\"u321249-489\">B&#038;N, Maddy Lou and Mack at the State Fair of Texas book signing with local author Krystal Granzow, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-493\">Port Neches<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-496\">\n<li id=\"u321249-495\">Fleur Fine Books, David Hooker will discuss and sign his memoir, Somewhere Under the Moon, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-499\">Saginaw<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-502\">\n<li id=\"u321249-501\">Fort Worth Restaurant of the Mind Bookstore, Award\u2013winning horror author Russell C. Connor will be giving a reading along with two other members of the Texas Indie Authors Alliance, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-505\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-514\">\n<li id=\"u321249-507\">Christian Assistance Ministry, Queso Meltdown 2017: Queso cook\u2013off and tasting with celebrity judge Lisa Fain (aka the Homesick Texan), who will sign her new cookbook, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-511\">Gemini Ink, Workshop: &#8220;Writers as Readers: Using Reading to Generate New Poems&#8221; with Sheila Black, 10AM<br \/><span id=\"u321250\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/dana-barney-half-life\"  id=\"u321251\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20111117.jpg\"  id=\"u321251_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-513\">The Twig Book Shop, Dana Barney signs Half Life, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-517\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-520\">\n<li id=\"u321249-519\">Fort Bend County Libraries \u2013 First Colony Branch, Workshop: \u201cWhodunnit? Writing Mysteries &#038; Crime Novels&#8221; with the Houston Writers Guild, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-523\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-526\">\n<li id=\"u321249-525\">B&#038;N \u2013 Baybrook II, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Michelle Hartman, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u321249-529\">Sunday, November 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u321249-531\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-536\">\n<li id=\"u321249-533\">BookPeople, KRYSTEN RITTER signing Bonfire, 2PM [voucher required]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-535\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Reinvented Past,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-539\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-546\">\n<li id=\"u321249-541\">Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-543\">Interabang Books, Workshop: The Writers Bloc presents &#8220;Getting Your (Writing) Groove Back!&#8221; with Kathleen Baldwin and Patience Griffin, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-545\">The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Dallas Edition, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-549\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u321249-556\">\n<li id=\"u321249-551\">Brazos Bookstore, Steve Schafer reads and signs THE BORDER, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-553\">Katy Budget Books, Mary Lindsey and C.C. Hunter sign their newest YA paranormal titles, Haven and The Mortician&#8217;s Daughter, respectively, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u321249-555\">Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Houston&#8217;s Cool Brains! with Katherine Paterson, two\u2013time winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, whose newest novel is My Brigadista Year, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u321249-559\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Fantasy 2017, San Antonio, November 2-5 George West Storyfest, November 3-5 Texas Book Festival, Austin, November 4-5 Barbara Bush&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}